when i tell you that he was endlessly supportive, a short sampling: -brought me to a strip club at 18 at my insistence so i could write an anthropology paper -drove miles and lost sleep so i could do college radio and comedy shows where i made fun of him and bombed -let

The Boston Bruins are saddened to learn of the passing of longtime Patriot Ledger beat writer Mike Loftus. We offer our thoughts and condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.

new Karen Read jury trial date: January 27 GBH News

Karen Read is set to be prosecuted again in January 2025 on charges that she killed her boyfriend, a Boston Police officer. Read appeared in court Monday for the first time since her murder trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month. wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News

Yashar Ali 🐘 Kaitlan Collins Andy Beshear @JDVance1 Goddamnit, I drink diet Mountain Dew. Literally like a dozen a day. I hate that it’s been brought into this.

been really trying to understand why other people wearing masks makes people so angry and then I remembered how irrationally upset these hats make me

'He never missed anything': The late, great Mike Loftus was all about family and hockey patriotledger.com/story/sports/2…

Sydney 2000 closing ceremony had drag queens driving heels in a tribute to Priscilla FYI

I wish Willi Ninja could have seen the Olympics opening ceremony. Paris was burning ❤️

good will hunting but he's not good at math

At a rally in Philadelphia today, Tim Walz says he can't wait to debate JD Vance -- "that is, if he's willing to get off the couch and show up"

In Roxbury, homeowners complain investors aggressively go after them — letters, phone calls, in-person visits. It can be relentless. Question: is this sort of thing happening to people in other neighborhoods?

“We’re already seeing what we’re afraid of, which is families sleeping at train stations, one-year-old children having nowhere to go." As eviction deadline looms, housing advocates urge Healey to reverse five-day shelter policy wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News NPR

If Carney Hospital can’t be saved, employees are urging the state to ensure that they get their severance and PTO, currently in limbo Labor fight brews over Carney Hospital employees’ severance pay: wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News NPR

boston releases this amazing playlist of local artists every summer and they just HAD to go with dropkick murphys at the dnc m.soundcloud.com/mayorwu/dear-s…

Somerville grapples with a rise in unsheltered homelessness wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News Tori Bedford City of Somerville End Homelessness MACoalition/Homeless

“We just can’t push it along like other people have and just say, ‘We’re going to send this to the next neighborhood,’ because it doesn’t solve the problem.” Somerville grapples with a rise in unsheltered homelessness wgbh.org/news/local/202… GBH News NPR

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